H. H. Hanstein, M. D. Biography

	This biography appears on page 980 in "History of South Dakota" 
	by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited 
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	H. H. HANSTEIN, M. D., of Lead, is a native of Illinois, 
and the son of Herman and Emily Hanstein, the father born in 
Germany, the mother in St. Louis, Missouri. Herman Hanstein 
enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education in the land of his 
nativity, and when a young man spent eight years in various 
technical institutions in Paris, where he became a skilled 
artisan and achieved distinction as a maker of astronomical and 
various other kinds of scientific instruments. He came to the 
United States in 1875 and since that time has been 
superintendent of drawing in the high school, Chicago, standing 
high as an artist and having almost a national reputation as an 
instructor.  

	Dr. H. H. Hanstein was born in Chicago, August 26, 1877, 
and received his educational training in that city, graduating 
from the high school when a youth in his teens. He then began 
the study of medicine and, entering Rush Medical College, 
prosecuted his professional research until May 25, 1898, when he 
received his diploma, after which he served the usual term of 
hospital practice, under the direction of Dr. A. J. Ochner, one 
of Chicago's most distinguished surgeons. With a mind well 
disciplined by professional training and practical experience, 
Dr. Hanstein opened an office at Kenosha, Wisconsin, but after 
spending about one year in that city, he contracted with the 
Lead Hospital at Lead, South Dakota, and during the year and a 
half following was on the medical staff of that institution. 
Resigning his position at the end of the time noted, he opened 
an office in the Feiler Curnow block, and engaged in the general 
practice, which he has since prosecuted with most gratifying 
professional and financial success, commanding, in addition to a 
large city patronage, an extensive business in Lead City, 
besides being regularly employed by a number of mining camps in 
surrounding country. Few physicians of his age have achieved the 
prestige in medical circles which Dr. Hanstein enjoys, his 
career from the beginning presenting a succession of 
advancements- that demonstrate a profound knowledge of the 
profession with the- ability to apply the same to practice.  

	The Doctor is a close, critical student, seeking, by every 
means at his command to increase his knowledge and usefulness, 
and the high esteem in which he is held attests the firm and 
abiding hold he has on the confidence of the public.